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Things you may or may not know about Nessie
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Nessie may be a sea monster!
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The Loch Ness Investigation Bureau was formed in 1960
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An average of 20 sightings are reported every year
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A recent theory is that Nessie may have been a bathing circus elephant
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In 2003 a dinosaur fossil was found - Nessie?
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In 1975, Nessie gained the official name of Nessiteras rhombopteryx
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Earthquakes have been suggested to explain Nessie sightings
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A number of Loch Ness webcams have been set up for Nessie hunters
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The first recorded sighting was in 565AD by St Columba
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Scientists are now exploring the possibility of Nessie being an oarfish
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Searchers went beneath the surface for the first time in 1960
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In 1987, Operation Deepscan covered the entire surface of Loch Ness with 20 motor cruisers - and found nothing!
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In 2003, a BBC expedition concluded that, ‘no monster exists’
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The most famous photograph of the monster was taken in 1934 by British surgeon Robert Wilson
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The Loch Ness Monster first hit the headlines in 1933
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Nessie may be a plesiosaur
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In 1933, big game hunter Marmaduke Wetherell was hired to catch ‘the beast’
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The ‘surgeon’s photo’ in 1934 was a hoax staged by Marmaduke Wetherell
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More than 4000 people say they have seen Nessie
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Underwater photographs were shown to the public for the first time in 1972
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